Really Big, Really Bad Ideas

Hedge fund Pardus Capital Management which owns 2.6% of Delta and 4.82% of United is urging them to merge. While this might be good for Pardus, as a frequent traveler on United out of DIA, this sounds like a really bad idea to me. Probably 50% of the flights that I’ve been on since United came out of bankruptcy have had some sort of problem (mechanical, routing, crew delay, undermined) and I have several situations where the plane simply didn’t show up.

I’m actually starting to be impressed with the TSA folks – in comparison to United. At least my experience with them is more random and entertaining – I never really know what to expect. With United, I’ve become conditioned to just expect that things aren’t going to go as planned.